“My question is, who is going to die instead of this girl, if she gets their lung?”
That is a great question as I do not wish anyone to have to die, do you know if someone can donate 1 lung (and keep living)?
People live everyday with one lung.
A child can receive a partial adult lung.
How about her parents? According to one article I read, lungs from a living donor can sometimes be used.
My ex Father-in-law is alive with 1 lung. (Due to mesothelioma)
Technically yes. My right lung was removed due to cancer. I’ve been living cancer free with one lung for five and a half years.
It was major life changing surgery. They had to cut through ribs and muscles. It’s still painful every day, and I expect it always will be. With only one lung, I don’t take in as much oxygen, which causes another set of problems. The surgery is extremely risky. I don’t know the percentage of people who die from it, but the day I got my surgery there were two others there getting the same procedure. They both died that day. I nearly died because of a leak at the incision.
I doubt that any ethics panel would approve the donation of a lung by someone expected to go on living. The risk to the donor is too great.